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Patent GB-191023060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Machines.
Inventor: BOYER ANTIDE
Filed: 1910-10-05
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 23,060. Boyer, A., and Godeau, P. L. M. Oct. 6, 1909, [Convention date]. Sliding - weight apparatus. - Relates to a weighing - machine in which a poise adjusts itself automatically along a lever to balance the load, and consists primarily in providing the poise with self - contained driving - mechanism. The weighing-beam 1, supporting a pan 7 is connected by a link 10 to a graduated lever 12, which is supported on knife-edges .11, 13. A poise 15, from which the counterweight 18 is freely suspended, is adjusted to and fro along the lever 12 by a train of gearing engaging a rack on the lever and connected to a coil spring, the whole of the mechanism being carried by the poise. The train of gearing includes two meshed gear wheels 28, 29, and, when the lever 12 is horizontal, that is, in the balancing position, both these wheels mesh with the next wheel 27 and consequently lock the. poise. When, however, the lever 12 is inclined owing to excess or shortage of load, the angular displacement of the lever 12 relative to the counterweight 18 (which always remains vertical) causes, by means of a rod 20 and lever 21, one or other of the gear-wheels 28, 29 to be thrown out of gear with the wheel 27. The poise 15 then moves, under the action of its propelling spring, in one direction or the other as the case may be until equilibrium is attained. The units of weight are indicated on the lever 12 and subdivisions on dials 56, 58. Assuming the poise to be at some intermediate position on the lever 12, the propelling-spring is re-wound by pressing on a push-button 51, thus causing a cross-piece 52 to tilt a lever 41 and connect the spring spindle by means of gearing with the rack on the lever 12. Further pressure on the button draws back the traveller and winds up the spring. The apparatus may be used in conjunction with the value - indicating apparatus described in Specification 23,061/10.
Patent GB-191026714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Air Pumps and Condensers of Certain Condensing Steam Engines.
Inventor: EASTWOOD WILLIAM
IPC: F01B25/00
Filed: 1910-11-17
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 26,714. Eastwood, W. Nov. 17. Steam-engine air-pumps; concussion-preventing devices. - A combined condenser and airpump, for use with steam-engines which exhaust through cylinder ports 3 uncovered by the piston at the end of its stroke, comprises an air-pump 4, having inlet ports 4<1>, communicating with the exhaust conduit 8 at the centre of the length of the pump barrel, a condenser casing 5<3> surrounding the barrel of the pump 4, and means such as jets 7<3>, 7<4> for spraying condensing- water into the exhaust conduit 8. A bucket 9, Fig. 1, supplies condensing-water to the jets 7<3>, 7<4> alternately. The bucket 9 and the airpump bucket 6 are coupled up with the steamengine in such a manner that the water is sprayed into the conduit 8 only while the exhaust is taking place, and the bucket 6 uncovers the ports 4' when the exhaust from the cylinder commences. A portion of the condensing-water may also be injected directly into the air-pump barrel by means of orifices 4<2>, Fig. 6, which are uncovered by the bucket 6. Water may be supplied intermittently to the main condensing-jets 18<2>, 18<3> by a reciprocating plunger 19, or by proportioning the vertical passage 18<1> to the jets 4<2> in such manner that water is sprayed through the orifices 18<2>, 18<3> only when the orifices 4<2> are covered by the pump bucket 6. The spray may be made to shoot diagonally across the airpump barrel. The supply of water to the interior of the air-pump may be regulated by slide valves. Shock may be prevented in the air-pump by the admission of air through a valve 29 to the pump barrel after the bucket has passed the slots 4<1>. The air-pump is preferably of the type described in Specification 9986/07. The Provisional Specification also states that an intermittent jet may be obtained by using a vertical jet pipe, provided with a perforated sleeve having a closed end, the sleeve being reciprocated in such manner that the water is sprayed on the down-stroke only.
Patent GB-191027250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Door Bolts and Fastenings of a like character.
IPC: E05B41/00
Filed: 1910-11-23
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 27,250. Douglas Manufacturing Co., and Meaby, W. Nov. 23. ' Engaged ' indicators.-A rotating disk E, located at the rear of a latch bolt A for the purpose of securing the bolt when shot, is provided with an indicator K to show whether the bolt is locked or not.
Patent GB-191029489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sparking Plugs.
Inventor: ANDERSON JAMES CALDWELL
IPC: H01T13/46
Filed: 1910-12-19
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 29,489. Anderson, J. C. Dec. 19. Sparking-plugs. - The reduced end 4 of the central terminal is level with the insulation 3 and the shell 1. Opposite the terminal 4 is a funnel-shaped extension 6 attached to the shell and forming the earthed terminal, the hole in the funnel being larger than the end of the terminal 4 so that the sparks travel obliquely. A lining of higher or lower resistance than the piece 6 may be used in the funnel, or the lining may be of non- oxidizable material. The central terminal is preferably held in glass welded to the shell and terminal, and level with the shell; the projecting part of the terminal is surrounded by mica disks 10, of less diameter than the glass insulation to permit inspection of the spark.
Patent GB-191029677-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Illuminating Compasses, Clinometers, and the like.
IPC: G01C17/24
Filed: 1910-12-21
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 29,677. Barker & Son, F., and Barker, E. W. Dec. 21. Prismatic compasses. - Comprises improvements relating to the illumination of the dials of instruments of precision, described in connexion with prismatic compasses. The disk or dial b is provided with a transparent rim g, upon which the divisions are engraved. Beneath or adjacent to the rim is placed a shallow pan h containing a luminous substance so that the prism or telescope receives the light through the transparent rim. In addition, a sighting- line is formed of a narrow strip of the luminous substance mounted upon a glass disk and adapted to be rotated by hand. The dial may also have a luminous recess at the north point.
Patent GB-191030353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Automatic Weft Replenishing Looms having Drop or Movable Shuttle Boxes.
Inventor: HOYLE WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1910-12-31
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 30,353. Hoyle, W. H., and Barker, T. Dec. 31. Weft-replenishing mechanism.-Cop or pirn changing mechanism in a drop-box loom used for weaving fabrics with " headings " &c. and provided with a magazine oscillating on a shaft a<1>, Fig. 1, is controlled by weft-feeler mechanism at the drop-box side of the loom, the weft feeler j, Figs. 6 and 8<a>, being moved away from and disengaged from the drop-boxes when they are being changed, and the feeler-disengaging mechanism acting only when the drop-boxes are actually being changed. When the lay beats up, the feeler j carried on a spindle j<1> is engaged by the cop &c., the spindle j<1> being thereby caused to slide, against the action of a spring j<3>, within a bracket j<2> provided with a boss j<4> slidable on a spindle j<5>. When the weft is substantially exhausted, the shuttle or shuttle box engages the adjustable contact j<8> on a lever j<6> pivoted on the feeler. The lever j<6> is thus rocked and rocks a lever m, which rocks another lever n. The latter then lowers a rod o, which is rocked by a rod q' acted upon by a cam and supported by links q<2>. A die or lip o<1> on the rod o then engages a die or projection p<1> on an arm p on a cross-shaft p<2>, Figs. 1 and 6, which is thereby rocked, a radial arm r thereon then allowing a tumbler s pivoted on the plunger or transferrer e to move into position to be engaged, when the lay beats up, by an adjustable lay projection s<2>, whereby the plunger is oscillated and transfers a cop &c. from the magazine into the shuttle. The projection s<2> is packed up by thin plates s<3>, to allow for ready setting. A spring may be used to ensure the fall of the tumbler s. The feeler-disengaging mechanism comprises a double-acting cam t, which, when the boxes are being changed, operates a vertical rod t<1>, a lever t<2>, and a vertical rod t<5>. This rod fits through a sleeve bracket t<7> pivoted &c. to the part j<4>, the rod t<5> being provided with a crosspiece t<8> and spindle t<9>. A cross-piece t<10> carried by the rod t<5> and spindle t<9> is thus raised into the path of a bowl u<1> on a lay bracket u, whereby, when the lay beats up, the part j<4> and the weft feeler &c. are moved back away from the drop-boxes against the action of a spring t<11>. The magazine is oscillated to bring beneath the transferrer a cop b, b<2> corresponding to that in the active shuttle by means of quadrant gearing i<3>, i<4> or an arm a<5> connected to a link i<2> operated by an arm i<1>, a shaft i, levers g<3>, g, and a rod f<1> connected to the dobby pinion f. The lever g is connected to a vertical rod g<2> for operating the shuttle boxes. The magazine has guideways a<2>, aa, Figs. 1 and 3, for the pirn &c. butts and tips, the former guideways having retaining-flanges a<4>. The pirn butts are supported by ledges c<3> on levers c connected by a spring c<2>, and the pirn tips are supported by spring limbs d, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-191101362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Quartz Ware.
Inventor: BURCKHARDT FRANZ WOLF
IPC: C03B5/033
Filed: 1911-01-18
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 1362. Burckhardt, F. W. Jan. 18. Silica glass; stained glass-ware. - Relates to the process for producing tubular blanks of plastic quartz according to which quartz grains are fused to a homogeneous mass in an electric resistance furnace. According to the invention, the grains of quartz are of varying size, and may be mixed together uniformly, or the finer grains may be packed round the resistance core, the coarser grains forming an outer layer, or a number of successive layers may be formed. Layers of coloured quartz may be introduced so as to produce ornamental effects in the finished ware. Combustible material, such as paper, may be used to separate the layers initially. The temperature of the core is raised sufficiently to vaporize the quartz in its immediate neighbourhood. The quartz vapours so produced penetrate the spaces between the grains and weld the whole into a plastic mass.
Patent GB-191101464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Products of Combustion under Pressure.
Inventor: FABEL KARL
Filed: 1910-02-07
Granted: 1911-02-07
Abstract: 1464. Fabel, K. Feb. 7, 1910. Working-fluid supply.-A turbine 23 is supplied with combustion products mixed with air from a generator comprising a generating chamber 8 containing a burner 31 and separated from the mixing-chamber 36 by a perforated partition 33 of heat-insulative material. Air is compressed by a pump 26 into a reservoir 27, whence it passes by pipes 28, 29, 32 to the two chambers and the burner. The exhaust of the turbine may be condensed.
Patent GB-191101683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Analysing Gases.
IPC: G01N7/04
Filed: 1911-01-23
Granted: 1912-04-23
Abstract: 1683. Sanders, L., and Sanders, Rehders, & Co. Jan. 23. Filtering.-Gas passing to an analyzing apparatus is filtered by passage through a brush 23 surrounding the orifice of the sampling tube.
Patent GB-191101888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wind Stackers for Thrashing Machines, Maize Shellers, and the like.
IPC: A01F11/06
Filed: 1911-01-25
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 1888. Agar, Cross & Co., [Gee, T. J.]. Jan. 25. Thrashing-machines. - A pneumatic stacker, for use in thrashing-machines having the front travelling-wheels at the shaker end, has the fan h detachable from the pipe w and mounted on a pivoted frame i so that it can be raised for transport. The frame i, consisting of two arms with cross-pieces, carries a nut n which works on the screw o mounted in a hinged bracket q on the machine and turned by a hand-wheel p. Guides l are provided in which the arms may be secured by a pin m. When in the lowered position, plates t, u guide the straw and cavings respectively to the fan. The mouth of the pipe w is supported by a bracket x, and the fan is secured to it by hinged bolts and wing- nuts. The pulley d is connected by a belt to the drum spindle. Instead of the screw o and nut n, a rack and pinion or other lifting-device may be employed.
Patent GB-191102068-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Attachment for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: RALPH RICHARD
IPC: A43B3/16
Filed: 1911-01-27
Granted: 1911-05-04
Abstract: 2068. Ralph, R. Jan. 27. With attachments for special purposes. - A boot is provided with a mud-guard a of leather or rubberized fabric permanently attached to the boot and adapted to be turned up so as to lie flat against the upper when not in use. A clip a' is provided for retaining the guard in the turned-up position.
Patent GB-191103428-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Salt Containers or Receptacles from which Salt can be taken.
Inventor: URECH PAUL
IPC: A47G19/34
Filed: 1911-02-10
Granted: 1912-02-12
Abstract: 3428. Urech, P., and Luscher, F. Feb. 10. Mills and apparatus; r o l l e r- and-breast mills.- S a l t - receptacles are provided with a shaft 10, Fig. 1, on which are arms 9 for breaking-up consolidated salt when the shaft is turned by the handle 11. The outlet is normally closed by a disk 7 carried by a pin 6, and below the vessel on a bracket 12 is a weighing-device 13 provided with a scale 14 indicating the quantity of salt required for a litre of pastry. In a modification, a nose 15, Fig. 5, diverts the salt to one side of the outlet, and it is ground by a finelygrooved cylinder 16 rotated by means of a handle. A scraper 18 is provided.
Patent GB-191106257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Electricity on Motor Driven Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: JOEL HENRY FRANCIS
Filed: 1911-03-13
Granted: 1912-03-13
Abstract: 6257. Joel, H. F., and Taylor, J. March 13. Dynamos, regulating.-The reluctance of the magnetic circuit of dynamo-electric generators driven at varying speeds, such as are carried on motor-driven vehicles, boats, trains, or flying- machines, is varied in accordance with the speed to regulate the output of the machine by mechanism comprising a sleeve mounted upon and rotating with the armature shaft but free to slide endways against the action of a spring to move the field magnets in a plane at right-angles to the armature axis. The sleeve 2, Fig. 1, has an external thread engaging with a thread on the driving- pulley 3 which is held against lateral movement by a bearing 4. As the speed increases and the sleeve 2 moves to the right against the spring 5, it actuates a bell-crank lever 9 which is adapted to move the field magnets 26, Fig. 8, about a pivot 27. The pulley 3 may be fixed to the shaft 1 and the external screw-thread on the sleeve 2 be engaged with an internal thread in a drum-like extension of the sleeve on which the armature is mounted, or the sleeve 2 may be fitted with a stud adapted to engage with a V-shaped recess in the drum-like extension. In a modification, the sleeve 2 is moved by a fan mounted thereon. According to the Provisional Specification, the regulation maybe effected by pulling or turning a liner in the air space, or by bring- ing towards the pole another path for the magnetism, or by introducing reluctance into the magnetic circuit. Also the spring 5 may control by compression, tension, or twisting, or by a combination of these, and the armature may be threaded on the shaft and the pulley keyed to the shaft, or it may be actuated by a toggle joint or other similar device.
Patent GB-191109519-A (GB)
Title: Variable Hydraulic Driving and Reversing-mechanism.
IPC: F16H47/04
Filed: 1911-04-19
Granted: 1911-12-14
Abstract: 9519. Pittler Universal Rotary Machine Syndicate, [Internationale Rotations-Maschinen Ges.]. April 19. Motor power plant.-Variable-speed and reversing gear comprises two hydraulic motors adapted to be driven at variable relative speed and connected together by differential gearing. Fig. 1 shows a form of the apparatus. Two liquid-pressure motors g, g<1> are connected, one with a bevel-wheel c and the other with the bevel-wheel c' which are in gear with the driving-wheels h mounted in the gear-box k. The toothed wheel d for transmitting the resulting motion is mounted on the box k. The motors are preferably driven in such, a way that, for example, the one g runs always in the same direction at a constant speed, and the other is driven at a variable speed in the same, or in the opposite direction. Both motors g, g<1> may however be run at varying speeds. The two motors may also be driven by a rotary pump l, shown in Fig. 2, such as is described in Specification 12,159/10 [Class 110 (ii), Rotary engines &c.] ; the two sides of the pump work independently, but may be conjointly regulated with regard to their respective capacities by an axial adjustment of the piston drum. The gearbox may act on a lever i instead of operating a wheel. Specification 17,533/97 [Class 114, Ships &c., Dis. II.].
Patent GB-191111546-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Boiling Sugar for Manufacturing Bonbons.
Inventor: ROST CARL
IPC: A23G3/04
Filed: 1911-05-12
Granted: 1912-05-13
Abstract: 11,546. Rost, C. May 12. Separate heater and evaporator apparatus.-A machine for boiling sugar, of the type in which liquid is pumped through a steam-heated coil 5 and discharged into a pan 13, is provided with means for simultaneously proportioning the rate of feeding the liquid and the pressure of the heating- steam. The arrangement consists of a slotted link 10, through which power is transmitted from a connecting-rod 19 to the feed-pump 2. the stroke of the piston being varied by altering the position of a slide block d by means of a screwed spindle driven by a hand-wheel 9. An adjustment of a reducing-valve 8 on the steam-pipe 7 is simultaneously effected by rotating the valve spindle 12 by the agency of bevel gearing 11. A vacuum is obtained by means of a condenser 15 and an air-pump 17.
Patent GB-191119321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ball Bearings.
Inventor: ROMAN LEIS
IPC: B60B27/02
Filed: 1911-08-29
Abstract: 19,321. Leis, R. Sept. 9, 1910, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Ball bearings.-In a ball bearing for bicycle wheel hubs &c., the cones 6, 6<1> are fixed to the forks f, and the cups 2, 2' are formed directly on the hub 1. The bearing is adjusted by a central, thin headed rod 4, threaded to receive nuts 10, 11.
Patent GB-191127502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Safeguarding Cheques Against Fraudulent Alteration.
Inventor: SAMPSON CHARLES HENRY
IPC: B41M3/14
Filed: 1911-12-07
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 27,502. Sampson, C. H. Jan. 9, 1910, [Convention date]. Selective perforating- machines.-A device for protecting cheques against fraudulent alteration, by making inked perforated impressions representing a limiting amount and the words ' not over,' comprises a casing which carries a revoluble dieholder and is operated by a hand-lever to swing bodily to and from an anvil die. The casing B, Fig. 1, is mounted on a pivot B' on the base A, and the operating-lever J is pivoted on the casing at J<1>. The lever J is provided with an extension J<2>, which engages a cam - surface K; continued motion of the lever brings a swing- ing link L into engagement with a bearing K<1>. By these means, the casing is given a quick initial, and a slow final, motion. The die-holder is set by means of a fixed pointer and an indicating hand-wheel provided with a spring stop, which engages one of a number of holes in the casing and locks the die-holder in position. The anvil die G is normally held in an inclined position, being pivoted at one end and supported at the other end by a spring G<5>. The platen F, Fig. 1, is spring-mounted and is provided with guide-pins F<1>, the heads. F<3> of which engage bearings A<2> and limit the upward motion of the platen. An opening F<4> is provided in the platen for the passage of the anvil die. A frame O, swung simultaneously with the casing B through links P, clamps the cheque on the platen; the frame is provided with an opening O<3> for the passage of the upper die and with a V-shaped projection O<5>, which serves as a printing-line indicator and is adjusted by means of a top-screw A<1> for the casing B. The cheque is positioned in the platen by means of adjustable frontgauges F<5>. The anvil die is provided with points G<7>, Fig. 7, which engage registering recesses D<1>, Fig. 8, in the dies D. The recesses are formed by mounting the dies in the dieholder and pressing each line in turn against the points.
Patent GB-191128171-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Salt and the Production of Power.
Inventor: LEOPOLD-BRODIE JOHN
IPC: C01D3/06
Filed: 1911-12-14
Granted: 1913-01-14
Abstract: 28,171. Brodie, J. Leopold-. Dec. 14. Brine, concentrating; bulk evaporators. - A salt-making plant comprises a mechanicallystoked furnace a, arranged below or inside a steam-generator b, and an horizontal flue e leading the products of combustion below salt-pans c, d, in order that a high uniform heat may be applied particularly to the first pan c, and at the same time so that steam may be obtained for power purposes. The products of combustion may be diverted into a flue s which heats drying-chambers t. The steam from the pan c may be used for heating the feed for the generator and the salt-pans. The pan c is fitted with scrapers v; the flue e is fitted with baffles f and terminates in a chamber fitted with a suction fan h.
Patent GB-191204743-A (GB)
Title: Mud and Dust Guard for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: GRANGER NELSON
IPC: B62J15/00
Filed: 1912-02-26
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 4743. Granger, N. Feb. 26. Mud-guards.-A mud and dust guard for the wheels of motor-vehicles comprises an upper U-shaped part a of channel section, and a lower part b, the parts enclosing the wheel and being carried by members c, d secured to the axle. The lower part of the guard comprises a framework consisting of members b<2>, b<3>, the members b<2> being carried, by means of lugs b<7>, by the member c and being attached to the rear member b<3> by a lug b<4> and slot b<5> and to the front member b<3> by a head b<8> and a key-hole slot b<9>, The upper part of the guard is provided with hook-like projections, retained in slots b<1> in the members b<2> by means of a locking-bolt a<2>. The wheel is provided with a ring e having a peripheral channel adapted to receive the edge of the guard, and thus to protect the guard from injury by kerbstones &c., and to assist in preventing the escape of mud and dust outwards; this ring is secured to the wheel-rim and assists in maintaining the tyre in position. In a modification, the members b<3> may have blocks at their ends fitting over pins on the members b<2>; the members b<3> may also be slotted at their rear ends to fit over the members b<2>, being rearwardly pressed by means of springs.
Patent GB-191204886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Talking Machines.
Filed: 1912-02-27
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 4886. Gramophone Co., and Dennison, W. N. Feb. 27. [Addition to 21,799/02.] Gramophones; tone-arm joints.-The soundbox 7 is mounted on a U-tube 4 wide enough to permit the sound-box, when turned into an inoperative position, to rest besides and not above the tone-arm 1 on a bracket 8. This permits the lid of the cabinet to be placed lower than in other forms.